Infectious Disease Cases for Educational Purposes: Open-Access Resources on the Internet

Matthew E. Falagas,1,3 Efthymia A. Karveli,1 and George Panos1,2

1Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences and 2HIV Unit, 1st IKA Hospital, Athens, Greece; and 3Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Patient group,
institute or developer

 Title URL No. of cases Cases categorized Interactive Images Video presentations Extras Target audience
Adult patients                  
     Medical Microbiology–KCOM Clinical Cases Developed at KCOM http://www.kcom.edu/faculty/chamberlain/index.htm#KCOM 5 No Yes Yes No ... MS, residents, PC
     University of Florida: Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Case Studies http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/cases/index.html 72 (most on ID) By the anatomical site or the causative factor Yes Yes No Ability to select between "Review" and "Quiz" mode MS, residents, IDF, PC
  Major Clinical Presentations http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year2/mmid/bms5300/clinical/index.html >50 By the presenting symptoms No No No Ability to select between "presentation" and "quiz" mode; Internet links to relevant literature MS, residents, IDF, PC
     Pri-Med Institute: Online CME Activities Patient Case Studies http://pri-med.com/pmo/AllActivities.aspx?type=2 4 No Yes Yes No ... IDF, PC
     John Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education Archived ID Grand Rounds http://www.ccghe.jhmi.edu/CCG/distance/Prerecorded_Grand_Rounds/#Adult_Clin_Cases >100 No No Yes Yes Relevant literature review; a new case is added almost every week MS, residents, IDF, PC
     Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences Teaching Cases http://www.e-meducation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=26&Itemid=77 >35; most on ID No No Yes No A new case is added every month IDF, PC
     Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society ID Image Collection http://www.afids.org/cases.htm 11 No No Yes No ... IDF, PC
     Section of Hospital Medicine–Cleveland Clinic Clinical Cases and Images– ID http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com/2005/07/infectious-diseases-cases.html 11 By the affected anatomical area No Yes No Links to imaging and clinical examination MS, residents, IDF, PC
     MD Choice: Medical Information Finder Photo Rounds http://www.mdchoice.com/photo/phototoc.asp >30 on ID By the affected anatomical area and diagnosis No Yes No ... IDF, PC
     Partners Infectious Disease Images Welcome http://www.idimages.org/main.asp >50 No No Yes No ... IDF, PC
     University of Leeds, Department of Microbiology Clinical Cases http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/mbiology/ug/ugteach/icu8/clinicals/head.html 4 No No No No ... MS, residents, IDF, PC
Pediatric patients                  
     John Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education Archived ID Grand Rounds http://www.ccghe.jhmi.edu/CCG/distance/Prerecorded_Grand_Rounds/#Ped_Clin_Cases >50 No No Yes Yes Relevant literature review; a new case is added almost every week MS, residents, IDF, PC
     Infectious Diseases in Children (journal) What's Your Diagnosis http://idinchildren.com/frameset.asp?article=wyd.asp >70 No No Yes No A new case has been added every month since March 2001 IDF, PC
     Virtual Pediatric Hospital: Donna and Michael D'Alessandro, MDs Virtual Pediatric Patients http://www.virtualpediatrichospital.org/providers/VirtualPedsPatients/PedsVPHome.shtml 3 on ID No No Yes No Relevant literature review MS, residents, IDF, PC
     Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, J. A. Burns School of Medicine Case-Based Pediatrics http://www.hawaii.edu/medicine/pediatrics/pedtext/ 34 on ID No No No No Relevant literature review MS, residents

 

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Open-access electronic resources of infectious diseases (ID) clinical cases with a specified subject.

 

 

Type of ID,
institute or developer		 Title URL No. of cases Cases
categorized		 Interactive Images Video
presentations		 Extras Target audience
Bacterial/mycobacterial infection                  
     Loyola University Chicago: Medical Education Network Pulmonary Case Studies http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/pulmonar/cases/SELFEV_f.HTM 6 on ID No No Yes No Interactive quiz on relevant literature MS, residents, IDF, PC
     The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education–CUNY Medical School Infectious Diseases Clinical Cases http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~lima/infectio.html 2 No No Yes No Internet links to relevant literature MS
     Heartland National Tuberculosis Center Case Studies http://www.heartlandntbc.org/casestudies.asp 4 No No No No ... IDF, PC
Fungal infection                  
     Fungal Infections Virtual Grand Rounds Case Studies http://hstelearning.mit.edu/fi/cases/index.jsp 16 No Yes No No ... IDF, PC, MS
     The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education–CUNY Medical School Mycology Clinical Cases http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~lima/mycology.html 2 No No Yes No Internet links to relevant literature MS
Viral infection                  
     Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and University of Washington Case-Based Modules: Hepatitis Web Study http://depts.washington.edu/hepstudy/ 14 By the causative agent Yes No No ... MS, IDF, PC
     Nursing Education Resources: University of Florida Health Science Center Influenza A to B http://www.medi-smart.com/tut-20.htm 4 No Yes No No ... MS, PC
     The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education–CUNY Medical School Virology Clinical Cases http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~lima/virology.html 2 No No Yes No Internet links to relevant literature MS
Parasitic infection                  
     CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases Monthly Case Studies http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Cases.htm >100 No No Yes No New cases have been added every month since December 1998 IDF, PC
     Para-site Online Quiz of the Month http://www.med-chem.com/Para/ 60 No No Yes No A new case was added every month from 1998 to 2005 IDF, PC


NOTE.     CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CUNY, City University of New York; IDF, infectious diseases fellows; MS, medical students; PC, practicing clinicians; STD, sexually transmitted diseases.

 NOTE.     CME, continuing medical education; IDF, infectious diseases fellows; KCOM, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; MS, medical students; PC, practicing clinicians.